November 20th, 2003, 03:53 PM
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Cap Casualty
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Brett Easton Ellis, Chump or Champ?
He wrote "The Rules of Attraction", "American Psycho", "Less Than Zero", as well as others. Judge not the movies, but the books. Chump or Champ?
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"When I see guys huddling up after the game, to pray, that's what scares me about the game. I'm a Baptist, but I'm also a quarterback killer, and I ain't praying with you. But I will give you 30 seconds to ask your Lord and master to keep me from killing you." -- Hall of Fame defensive end "Deacon" Jones on what aspect of the modern game most upsets him.
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November 20th, 2003, 06:06 PM
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He's got a screw or two loose. Definitely talented though.
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November 21st, 2003, 12:34 PM
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H.S.
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Champ
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November 25th, 2003, 09:19 AM
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Go Cardinals! Yay!!!
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He's definitely not for everyone but you can't argue that he doesn't have talent. I think his work will best be remembered as social commentary and criticism.
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November 26th, 2003, 05:25 PM
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Screaming At A Wall
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Champ.
I've read a couple of his books. He has a great sense of the 80's.
Hell, I even have Glamorama. I think American Psycho was my favorite. It was quite disturbing, but I couldn't stop reading it. The movie was terrible.
Less Than Zero was also a good book. I also enjoyed the movie, but pales to the book.
I have Glamorama, but have yet to crack it. My wife read it, and she seemed to liked it.
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Last edited by CardAvenger; December 1st, 2003 at 05:59 PM.
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December 1st, 2003, 09:37 AM
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Cap Casualty
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THe only guy to have more good books turned into bad films is Hubert Selby Jr. Last Exit to Brooklyn and Reqiuem(sp) for a Dream were horrible adaptations! If they ever make his book The Room into a movie I'll scream!!!
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"When I see guys huddling up after the game, to pray, that's what scares me about the game. I'm a Baptist, but I'm also a quarterback killer, and I ain't praying with you. But I will give you 30 seconds to ask your Lord and master to keep me from killing you." -- Hall of Fame defensive end "Deacon" Jones on what aspect of the modern game most upsets him.
Last edited by Mr.Dibbs; December 1st, 2003 at 09:41 AM.
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December 10th, 2003, 02:30 AM
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I love American phsycho the movie, so I'm so pumped to hear the book is better, I'm selecting my next book as of tommorow, now I know which one I will pick up, yes!!!!!  |
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